Postcard Southern Tuscany - Cycling Cortona, Montalcino, Siena - Classic Self Guided

All breakfasts are included

See options for special dinners and meal activities below

vegetarian

Includes

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7 nights in 3- and 4-star lodgings

All breakfasts

Bike fitting and briefing in English by our professional staff at tour start

Access to smartphone app with tracks and digital roadbook

Luggage transfers

Solo Traveler and Private Group departures

available please inquire.

Lodging Upgrade

: room upgrades are possible in some hotels - please inquire for prices and availability

Private transfers

(please inquire for price and availability)

Florence airport - Cortona

Siena - Florence airport

Extra nights

: If you'd like to add nights before or after the tour, please inquire - we will be happy to provide a quote and add the nights to your tour package.

Extra meals & activities: (please inquire for price and availability)

Cooking classes available in various tour locations! Organized by Le Cesarine, experts in Italian culinary experiences. You will be hosted by a local at their home - your "Cesarina" - in a class that lasts about three hours, during which you will help the Cesarina prepare three courses. In the fourth and final hour, you will enjoy the meal (lunch or dinner) which you prepared during the class. Water and one bottle of house wine for every 3 people are included.

Additional options available:

Wine Tasting in Montalcino

Guided visit of Siena

Bike Rental options:

We offer quality bikes in different styles, all great options for this bike tour. Our bikes are maintained and delivered in optimal working condition.

The prices below are per bike for the duration of the tour, including delivery to starting point in Cortona and collection from ending point in Siena.

Bike rental rates

Aluminum hybrid: €130

Premium Titanium road or hybrid: €170

E-bike (hybrid with straight handlebar): €255

Tandem: €295 (priced per bike, for 2 cyclists)

Tag-along or kid trailer: €80

Navigation and roadbook:

On our self-guided tours, detailed tour information and route navigation tracks are provided through the free smartphone app Ride With GPS - our "digital roadbook" - which includes daily routes, maps, elevation profiles, and ride descriptions; schedules and hotel itinerary; cultural and sightseeing information, visit suggestions; emergency numbers and more, all stored in one organized, easy to use app. Downloading the app content also allows for offline mode navigation. Participants can also upload the routes to their own GPS device, and even print the detailed route notes before leaving home.

On our self-guided tours, GPS device rental, as well as a printed roadbook, are available at an optional extra fee:

GPS device rental: €50

Printed roadbook: €45 (second copy of printed roadbook €15)

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Luggage transfers

Luggage transfers are included in your package. The luggage is normally collected from 9.30am at the reception of the hotel and is delivered at the following hotel by 3pm. Please use the luggage tags provided by Cycle Europe on all your luggage being transferred. Please have your luggage ready before the driver comes to collect it, otherwise you may have to pay a local taxi for the service.

Please consider that the luggage is not insured during the transport. You need to have your own insurance. Do not leave valuables or fragile items in your luggage.

Normally, the luggage transport service cannot be used by participants to skip the cycling stage. In case you need help to skip the cycling stage, please contact our emergency number and we will arrange it for you.

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PLEASE NOTE :

The final itinerary, including hotels and/or activities described here, are subject to changes according to availability. City hotel taxes are not included.